"Samurai Jack" is back! Adult Swim announced the comeback of the Emmy-Award winning animated series after ten long years of waiting. "Samurai Jack" will reportedly air in 2016 at Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Toonami block.
According to a report by Comicbook.com, the anticipated animated samurai series is now being produced at Cartoon Network Studios in Los Angeles, California.
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The Inquisitr reported that Genndy Tartakovsky, "Samurai Jack's" creator, sat down with Comic Book prior to the announcement and said that the show is coming back.
"I feel like it's culminating to a fever pitch almost. I feel like it's time to maybe finish the story. We've been trying to get the feature off the ground but maybe that's just fate's way of saying this is a television thing and maybe it should be a mini-series or something like that," Tartakovsky said.
The executive producer also made mention of a movie, but he noted that a theatrical version isn't as welcome to Hollywood as the animated series. Below is a description of the "Samurai Jack" animated series, as described by Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
"In the distant past, a Japanese samurai embarks on a mission to defeat the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. Before he can complete his task, though, he is catapulted thousands of years into the future. He finds himself in a world where Aku now enjoys complete power over every living thing. Dubbing himself 'Jack', he sets out on a new quest-to right the wrongs that have been done by his enemy and to find a way back to his own time so he can destroy the evil for good.
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On Adult Swim's YouTube page, the new season of "Samurai Jack" is said to pick up from where it left off during the last season.
"Samurai Jack" made its debut in 2001 with a three-part special. With lots of positive attention, the show received four award nominations as well as an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program. The show was nominated for 19 awards, 11 of which it won.
During its entire run of four seasons, the show aired a total of 52 episodes, 14 each for each season. "Samurai Jack" was canceled in 2004 because of low ratings.
After "Samurai Jack" was canceled, Tartakovsky went on to head the "Star Wars: Clone Wars" series, according to Cinema Blend, which added that while the samurai series was canceled, it still went on repeat for years, and had DVD releases as well as video games and IDW comic book series.
Obviously, the show had a strong following and still has after all these years. Fans are definitely excited and it wouldn't be surprising if ratings hit it up again once the show airs in 2016.
